Bolin v. Kohn ( 2024 )

1 J.CANTOR LAW JULIE D. CANTOR MD | JD** 2 California Bar No. 231672 3 E-mail: jc@jcantorlaw.com 1112 Montana Ave., #330 4 Santa Monica, CA 90403 Telephone: (424)291-2194 5 **Admitted pro hac vice 6 CLARK HILL PLC PAOLA M. ARMENI, ESQ. 7 Nevada Bar No. 8357 8 E-mail: parmeni@clarkhill.com 1700 S. Pavilion Center Dr., Suite 500 9 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 Telephone: (702) 862-8300 10 Facsimile: (702) 778-9709 11 Attorneys for Plaintiff Gregory Bolin 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 14 * * * 15 GREGORY BOLIN, Case No.: 3:23-cv-00168-MMD-CLB 16 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING 17 STIPULATION TO EXTEND v. THE DEADLINE TO FILE A 18 MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE 19 DR. KOHN, et al., 20 Defendants. 21 22 23 Plaintiff GREGORY BOLIN, and Defendants JAMES DZURENDA and MICHAEL 24 MINEV, by and through their respective counsel (the “Parties”), hereby stipulate and 25 respectfully request that this Court continue the deadline to file a Motion to Substitute for the 26 deceased defendant, Defendant Gregory M. Martin, by 60 days from May 17, 2024, to July 16, 27 2024. The Parties are aligned in their interest to identify an individual who can stand in the shoes 1 || of Mr. Martin but need additional time for investigation and, if necessary, to move the Clark 2 || County Probate Court to appoint an executor or special administrator for the estate of Mr. Martin 3 || who can serve, pursuant to Nevada law, as the proper party for the substitution of the deceased 4 || defendant under FRCP 25 in this federal court. 5 The Court has inherent power to enlarge this deadline. See Zanowick □□□ Baxter 6 || Healthcare Corp., 850 F.3d 1090, 1094 (“In 1963, both Rule 6(b) and Rule 25(a)(1) [of the 7 || Federal Rules of Civil Procedure] were amended to give district courts discretion to enlarge the 8 || period of time to substitute a deceased party.”). 9 This request is made in good faith and not for the purposes of delay. 10 || DATED this 2" day of May 2024. 11 | CLARK HILL PLLC OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL D AARON FORD, Attorney General /s/ Paola M. Armeni, Esq 13 PAOLA M. ARMENI /s/ Douglas R. Rands Nevada Bar No. 8357 DOUGLAS R. RANDS 14 || 1700S. Pavilion Center Drive, Suite #500 Nevada Bar No. 3572 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 Senior Deputy Attorney General 15 100 North Carson Street J. CANTOR LAW Carson City, Nevada 89701 16 JULIE D. CANTOR MD | JD®* Attorneys for Defendants California Bar No. 231672 17 1112 Montana Ave., #330 Santa Monica, CA 90403 18 **A dmitted pro hac vice 19 Attorneys for Plaintiff 20 ORDER 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 3 DATED: May 3, 2024 » 24 UNITED STATES\MAGISTRATE JUDGE 25 26 27 28 DPaoga 0 nt 9